--- title: "Connect Notion to OpenVan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Notion, your agent runs \"Get event\" in OpenVan. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-openvan" --- # Connect Notion to OpenVan When **New Comment** fires in [Notion](https://apiant.ai/connections/notion), your agent runs **Get event** in [OpenVan](https://apiant.ai/connections/openvan). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Notion **5** triggers Notion **23** actions OpenVan **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Notion and OpenVan to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Notion can start in OpenVan - When **New Comment** in Notion then **Get event** in OpenVan - When **New Data Source Item** in Notion then **Calculate route cost** in OpenVan Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Notion and OpenVan ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 41 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is created in your Notion workspace. You can filter by database or specific page. - Trigger **New Data Source Item** Triggers when a new item is created in a data source. - Trigger **Updated Content in Data Source Item** Triggers when the content in a data source item is updated. - Trigger **Updated Content in Page** Triggers when the content in a page is updated. - Trigger **Updated Properties in Data Source Item** Triggers when one or more properties of a data source item are updated. - Action **Add Block to Page** Adds a new content block to an existing Notion page. Supports various block types including paragraphs, headings, lists, to-dos, callouts, code blocks, and more. - Action **Add Comment** Adds a new comment to a Page. - Action **Add Content to Page** Adds Content to a Page. - Action **Archive Data Source Item** Soft deletes an item in a data source. - Action **Create Data Source Item** Creates an item in a data source. - Action **Create Page** Creates a Page inside a parent page - Action **Find Data Source Items** Searches for items in a data source by its properties. - Action **Find Page (By Title)** Searches for a page by title. - Action **Get Block** Retrieves a block by ID. - Action **Get Block Children** Retrieves child blocks of a parent block or page with support for pagination. - Action **Get Page** Retrieves a specific page or data source item from Notion using its ID. - Action **Get Page and Children** Retrieves a page by its ID and all of its block children. - Action **Get Page Comments** Retrieves comments from a Page. - Action **Get Page Property** Retrieves a specific property value from a Notion page. - Action **Get User Details** Retrieves user information by ID. - Action **Query Data Source (Advanced)** Query a Notion data source with advanced filtering and sorting using JSON. Supports complex logic like AND/OR conditions, multiple sorts, and all Notion filter types. - Action **Restore Data Source Item** Restores a data source item which was previously archived. - Action **Retrieve Database** This action retrieves a database in Notion using the ID of the database. - Action **Update Database** Updates a Notion database's title, description and column (property) schema. - Action **Update Data Source Item** Updates a data source item. - Action **Update Data Source Schema** Updates a Notion data source schema including properties and title. Allows adding, modifying, or removing data source properties to change the schema. - Action **Upload File to Data Source Item** Uploads a file to a files property in a data source item. - Action **Upload File to Page or Block** Uploads a file to a page or block in Notion. - Action **Calculate route cost** Estimate the fuel and travel cost of a road-trip route between locations. - Action **Check visa requirement** Check whether a passport needs a visa for a given destination country. - Action **Compare food prices** Compare VanBasket food-price index values between two countries. - Action **Find news stories** Semantically search vanlife news stories by topic (RAG-based search). - Action **Get event** Get details for a single vanlife event. - Action **Get fuel prices** Get current fuel prices by country, for trip budgeting and route comparison. - Action **Get story** Get the full details of a single vanlife news story. - Action **Get temporary vehicle import rules** Get temporary vehicle-import rules for a country. - Action **Get VanBasket country** Get the VanBasket food-price index detail for a single country. - Action **Get VanSky weather for a country** Get the vanlife-oriented weather suitability score for a single country. - Action **Get visa rules changelog** Get the change log of visa and vehicle-import rule updates. - Action **Get visa rules for route** Get visa and vehicle-import rules for every country along a whole road-trip route in one request. - Action **List event articles** List news articles related to a vanlife event. - Action **List events** List vanlife-oriented events. - Action **List stories** List vanlife news stories. - Action **List VanBasket countries** List all countries covered by the VanBasket food-price index. - Action **List VanSky weather scores** List vanlife-oriented weather suitability scores for all countries. - Action **List visa-free destinations for a passport** List all destinations a given passport can enter without a prior visa. ## Each app on its own - [ **Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connections/notion) - [ **OpenVan** OpenVan publishes travel-cost and conditions data aimed at RV, campervan and road-trip planning.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openvan) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Notion - [ **Notion to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-hubspot) - [ **Notion to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-slack) - [ **Notion to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-stripe) - [ **Notion to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-shopify) - [ **Notion to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Notion to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-pipedrive) ## More into OpenVan - [ **Pipedrive to OpenVan** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-openvan) - [ **HubSpot to OpenVan** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-openvan) - [ **Salesforce to OpenVan** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-openvan) - [ **Slack to OpenVan** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-openvan) - [ **Google Sheets to OpenVan** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-openvan) - [ **Gmail to OpenVan** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-openvan) Questions ## Notion and OpenVan, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Notion? Any of Notion's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New Data Source Item, Updated Content in Data Source Item and Updated Content in Page. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenVan when something happens in Notion? Any of OpenVan's 18 actions, including Calculate route cost, Check visa requirement, Compare food prices and Find news stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from OpenVan to Notion? OpenVan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Notion. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads OpenVan's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Notion or OpenVan? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Notion and OpenVan without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.